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The Manitoba government is expected to use more "revenue levers," similar to its recent income and property tax changes, as part of its plan to reduce the deficit, a credit-rating agency report says.

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed the Manitoba government's existing short-term and long-term credit ratings and says the outlook for the province is stable, based in part on expected revenue changes and spending control.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) has completed its review into the death of a woman following an arrest by RCMP in the community of Vogar earlier this year.

After examining all circumstances, the agency confirms no charges will be laid.

Incident begins with 911 hang-up

The investigation stems from an incident on January 15.

Ramsay Fehr, a firefighter with the Treherne Fire Department, recently returned from a five-day deployment to Flin Flon, where he helped combat wildfires threatening the northern Manitoba community.

Fehr notes they were called up on June 1st, before returning on June 5th.

“We ended up leaving 6:00 AM Sunday morning, and we got back on Thursday evening, so we spent about 5 days away,” noted Fehr.

Portage la Prairie City Councillor Colin Doyle has been elected as a Central District Director for the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM), marking a big milestone in his public service career. The election took place during the AMM Central District meeting held in Morden, where Doyle was chosen from among three candidates.

"This was a bit of an exciting day for me," Doyle said following the announcement.

Residents of Regency House in Portage la Prairie are celebrating the long-awaited replacement of a malfunctioning therapeutic tub, a fixture that had caused frustration for nearly two decades.

The federal government is moving to shore up a historically weak summer job market for students — even as one economist argues tough employment prospects for young people suggest broader softness in the job market.

Statistics Canada shone a light on the difficult employment prospects for students heading back to school this fall in its May jobs report last Friday.

Roughly one in five returning students aged 15 to 24 was unemployed in May, the agency said. The last time the jobless rate for students was this high outside the pandemic was in May 2009.

As June settles in, Manitobans are heading outdoors to enjoy long-awaited summer sun, but they may not be alone. This month marks the height of tick activity, especially their riskiest life stage: the nearly invisible nymph. Barely the size of a poppy seed, these immature ticks are easy to miss and can leave a lasting impact.

Kateryn Rochon, associate professor of veterinary entomology at the University of Manitoba, has studied ticks for nearly 20 years and warns that this is the most important time to stay vigilant.

Federal organizations failed to follow procurement and security rules when awarding contracts to the company behind the controversial ArriveCan app, the auditor general said Tuesday.

The report on GCStrategies — one of several audits tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday — says the company was awarded 106 contracts by 31 federal organizations between 2015 and 2024.

The maximum value of those contracts was more than $90 million but only $65 million was paid out.

One of two teenagers arrested over the weekend in Berens River is also facing a long list of charges for violent incidents earlier this year in Long Plain First Nation.

On the evening of June 7th, RCMP responded to a report of gunshots at a home in Berens River. Police say two young males showed up at a residence and one of them fired a gun at someone inside, but missed. The pair then drove off in a pickup truck.

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